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Worsening behaviour a huge contributor to school staff stress. 78% of teachers report feeling stressed, with a key factor being an increase in disruptive behaviour and abuse from pupils and parents/carers.  [Schools Week].

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Ofsted’s report card will be a ‘sensible middle ground’. Ofsted will be looking at all options to narrow down an approach for a better inspection system, national director for education Lee Owsten explained at the Schools and Academies Show this week. [Schools Week]. 

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Science teachers’ curriculum feedback: ‘overloaded’ and in urgent need of reform. 72% of secondary school teachers who took the annual Science Teaching Survey said the curriculum is ‘overloaded’ and 29% said it is ‘out of date or irrelevant’. [Tes Magazine - subscription required]. 

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This week's headlines

Schools Week

• Rise in teachers’ pension contributions proposed
• What the data says on teacher autonomy
• 7 key findings from the government scrutiny on SEND
• Delays in SEND assessments making children more vulnerable to harm, according to inspectorates

Tes Magazine - registration required

• A quarter of primary teachers report needing to restrain pupils this term
• ‘Alarming’ rise in verbal and physical abuse towards teachers 
• If report card proposals go ahead a longer inspection will be needed, says former Ofsted chief
• Phonics screening check and multiplication tables test are ‘unnecessary’, says NAHT in curriculum review
• Ofsted not returning to individual lesson gradings

BBC News

• Children with dyslexia can do anything with the right support, says Paddington co-writer James Lamont

The Guardian 

• Schools not doing enough to tackle racism according to collection of organisations
• Campaigners want schools to ban high-sugar lunch items to promote healthy eating

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